Get remote PC's date time?

Question

Is there any class available to get a remote PC\'s date time in .net? In order to do it, I can use a computer name or time zone. For each case, are there different ways to g

Answer 1

Since WMI code would be very slow, you can use the below code to get faster results

            string machineName = "vista-pc";

            System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
            proc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
            proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
            proc.StartInfo.FileName = "net";
            proc.StartInfo.Arguments = @"time \\" + machineName;
            proc.Start();
            proc.WaitForExit();

            List results = new List();
            while (!proc.StandardOutput.EndOfStream)
            {
                string currentline = proc.StandardOutput.ReadLine();
                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(currentline))
                {
                    results.Add(currentline);
                }
            }

            string currentTime = string.Empty;
            if (results.Count > 0 && results[0].ToLower().StartsWith(@"current time at \\" +                                               machineName.ToLower() + " is "))
            {
                currentTime = results[0].Substring((@"current time at \\" + machineName.ToLower() + " is                             ").Length);

                Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Parse(currentTime));
                Console.ReadLine();
            }